Jeffrey Epstein Prison Guard

According to court documents and federal investigations, two correctional officers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York were charged with falsifying records related to their supervision of Jeffrey Epstein on the night he died in August 2019. The guards, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, allegedly failed to conduct required welfare checks and instead browsed the internet and slept during their shifts, according to prosecutors. Both officers initially pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and record falsification charges, with their attorneys arguing they were being scapegoated for systemic failures at the facility. The guards' connection to Epstein was limited to their role as correctional officers assigned to monitor him during his pretrial detention on federal sex trafficking charges.